POULSBO—The inability to make routine plays cost North Kitsap a chance to take over first place in the Olympic League 2A baseball race Tuesday as the Vikings lost 5-4 at home against Port Angeles.

A pair of North Kitsap errors enabled the Roughriders to tie the game at 3-3 in the sixth inning. In the seventh, a hit batter and a misplayed ball in right field helped Port Angeles go ahead 5-3.

North Kitsap scored a run in the bottom of the seventh, but came up short.

“Two good teams going at it,” North Kitsap coach Jeff Weible said. “One team made plays and the other team didn’t. That’s what it comes down to.”

Port Angeles (12-3, 8-1 in league) took a 2-0 lead in the third inning off North Kitsap ace Ryan Hecker, collecting four two-out hits.

North Kitsap (9-4, 7-2) went ahead 3-2 in the fifth inning on a wild pitch, an RBI single by Isaac Richardson and a bases-loaded walk.

“We got down early and the kids stayed at it,” Weible said.

In other Olympic League 2A action, Kingston (7-4, 4-4) shut out North Mason (6-11, 4-5) 6-0 to move into fourth place in the league standings. Idle Olympic (7-5, 5-4) is in third place.

ALSO: Nathaniel Beers had a home run and Garrison Glisson picked up the victory on the mound as South Kitsap beat Rogers 10-0 in six innings. The Wolves (11-5, 10-4) moved into second place in the South Puget Sound League 4A. … Crosspoint (4-3, 3-2 in Sea-Tac League) pounded out 18 hits in a 14-3 win over Muckleshoot. … In boys soccer, Kingston’s Henry Golden scored his fourth hat trick of the season as the Buccaneers beat Olympic 11-0. Kingston (11-3-0, 9-1-0) leads second-place Sequim (9-3-2, 8-2-0) by two points in the Olympic League 2A standings. The two teams meet in Kingston on Friday. … In softball, Olympic beat Sequim 9-7 to improve to 9-3 overall and 6-2 in the Olympic League 2A standings. Morgan Kroeber went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for the second-place Trojans.